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Cystic fibrosis affects the lungs, the pancreas, the digestive system, and other organs, resulting in symptoms ranging from breathing difficulties to recurrent infections. Which of the following terms best describes this?
A) incomplete dominance
B) multiple alleles
C) pleiotropy
D) epistasis
E) codominance
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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2013
Hi there,

The answer should be C.

Good luck on your AP biology! :D


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Reply #2 on: Jun 21, 2013
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